Ubuntu server holding back on me

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 07:03:47 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>On Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:02:10 -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
>>The following packages have been kept back:
>>  linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic  
>
>For example take a look at the dependency chain of the package
>"linux-image-generic",
>https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial-updates/linux-image-generic .
>
>One of the dependencies is the package "linux-image-4.4.0-96-generic".
>This means that there is the need to remove a package named
>                                       "linux-image-x.y.p-q-generic",
>to upgrade the meta package "linux-image-generic".
>
>Actually you could install "linux-image-4.4.0-96-generic" without
>removing "linux-image-x.y.p-q-generic", but as already pointed out, you
>cannot upgrade "linux-image-generic" without removing
>"linux-image-x.y.p-q-generic".
>
>"linux-image-x.y.p-q-generic" is for any other version but
>"linux-image-4.4.0-96-generic", e.g.
>"linux-image-1.2.3-4-generic"

Oops, I'm mistake :D. It's too early in the morning :D. Since the
dependency could be installed, also the meta-package could be
installed ;). At the moment I don't have an idea what kept back the
packages.